Spitball Army

Approximate playing time: 78 minutes and a duck.

1. The Magic Numbers  “This Is a Song”  (2006)
2. Mason Jennings  “Lemon Grove Avenue”  (2004)
3. George Harrison  “Behind That Locked Door”  (1970)
4. Ian & Sylvia  “Friends of Mine”  (1966)
5. Michael Nesmith & the First National Band  “Joanne”  (1970)
6. Stars  “Barricade”  (2007)
7. Bee Gees  “I Laugh in Your Face”  (1969)
8. Death Cab for Cutie  “Your Heart Is an Empty Room”  (2005)
9. Monsters of Folk  “Magic Marker”  (2009)
10. Spoon  “Take the Fifth”  (2000)
11. James Brown  “Think”  (1960)
12. Mavis Staples  “99 and ½”  (2007)
13. Mayer Hawthorne  “Your Easy Lovin’ Ain’t Pleasin’ Nothin'”  (2009)
14. Holly Golightly  “Tell Me Now So I Know”  (2003)
15. “The Voice of Cheese” from Frank Zappa & the Mothers of Invention’s Uncle Meat  (1969)
16. Barbara Cook  “Glitter and Be Gay”  (1956)
17. Taj Mahal  “But I Rode Some”  (1990)
18. John Lennon  “John Sinclair”  (1972)
19. Eric Matthews  “Soul Nation Select Them”  (1995)
20. Stevie Wonder  “I Love Every Little Thing About You”  (1972)
21. Merle Haggard  “The Day the Rains Came”  (1969)
22. Jackson Browne  “First Girl I Loved”  (1990)

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Fred FM playlist (16 May 2010)

Some notes on the songs:

• The Michael Nesmith song is a request from Mr. Pinto, who apparently got a dose of Michael N. while we roomed together in college.  Then, I had an LP by Nesmith entitled Live at the Palais but, alas, it is nowhere to be found in my collection today.  Hence, this alternate chestnut, which was a staple on the radio stations of my youth.
• Jackson Browne’s cover of The Incredible String Band’s “First Girl I Loved” was taken from the CD Rubáiyát, which celebrated the 40th anniversary of Elektra Records in 1990.